The business of metal health is banking on this growing concern in the general population. The statistics for the general population in regards to some form of depression are staggering and I would bet that there would be easily be only one of two separation before you know someone needing help.

The month of February has been an interesting release of business pathway for Critical Resources. The company is looking for gold in New Zealand, exploring for lithium in Canada and now looking at transitioning into participating in downstream battery technology validation. The acceptance into CEPS provides an execution pathway for evaluating optioned solid-state lithium-ion battery IP.

Samso is drawn to Legacy Minerals because the Company combines an established, sizeable silver-equivalent resource base with genuine discovery-driven upside at depth and along strike. The commencement of drilling at Mascotte highlights a disciplined strategy focused on unlocking value from historical high-grade systems that have seen minimal modern exploration, particularly for gold.

Control Bionics Limited (ASX: CBL) has announced a new agreement with Tobii Dynavox, a global leader in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), to evaluate a potential U.S. distribution partnership for its NeuroNode® technology. The agreement initiates a six-month pilot program across five north-western U.S. states, positioning NeuroNode alongside Tobii Dynavox’s established communication aids.

Actinogen Medical Limited (ASX: ACW) is progressing its lead drug candidate, Xanamem (emestedastat), through the XanaMIA Phase 2b/3 Alzheimer’s disease clinical trial being conducted across Australia and the United States. The Company is developing Xanamem as a once-daily oral therapy targeting cortisol regulation in the brain, to slow disease progression in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease.

Enova Mining Ltd has reported further results from its auger drilling program at the CODA East Project in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The program continues to define broad zones of near-surface titanium oxide, rare earth elements, and niobium mineralisation hosted within saprolitised kamafugite of the Patos Formation.

Samso continues to follow South Harz Potash (ASX: SHP) as it expands beyond its original potash focus into early-stage base and precious metals exploration. This update is relevant as it moves the Glava Project from historical context into modern field validation, with multiple datasets now pointing to scale, continuity, and follow-up drill potential.

OD6 Metals Limited (ASX: OD6) is advancing the Gulf Creek Copper Project in northern New South Wales, a historically mined, high-grade copper system. The Company has completed a Downhole Electromagnetic (DHEM) survey to support its recent diamond drilling program and improve targeting beneath historic workings.

Impact Minerals Limited (ASX: IPT) has released an update on its Lake Hope High Purity Alumina (HPA) Project in Western Australia (Figure 1), reporting strong technical progress achieved during the first 12 months of its A$2.87 million Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) programme. The update highlights advances in membrane technologies applied to Impact’s patented three-stage HPA process.

The Salazar Critical Minerals Project is located approximately 120km north-east of Esperance, Western Australia, and comprises the Newmont and O’Connor deposits across a large saprolite-dominated clay system. Salazar is already recognised as one of Australia’s most advanced clay-hosted critical minerals projects, hosting significant rare earth, scandium, titanium dioxide, alumina, and now gallium Mineral Resources.